Christmas is next week, and just in time for the festive season the 27th Bluesfest Byron Bay releases another artist announcement, full of musical gifts brought to you by artists from overseas and Australia.
Modest Mouse will be making their Bluefest debut, joining The National, City and Colour, Cold War Kids, Houndmouth and fellow Pacific Northwest band The Decemberists in giving Bluesfest a great Indie Rock presence in 2016.
Also topping this Merry Announcement is British singer-songwriter Graham Nash, a pivotal and founding member of one of the UK’s most successful Pop groups, The Hollies, and now of supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash.
One of the most exciting artists of 2015, LA’s Kamasi Washington is coming to Bluesfest with his band. He is a Jazz composer, performer, band leader, pianist, drummer, saxophonist, and the list goes on.
The Jazz giant not only created his own album in 2015 The Epic, he also spends his time working on various albums and movie scores and is responsible for much of the arrangement of fellow Bluesfest performer Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy nominated To Pimp A Butterfly.
Also included in this announcement is one of Australia’s foremost singer-songwriters Richard Clapton, sassy star on the rise Elle King, Ash Grunwald off the back of his ninth studio album, Blues man Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton on his first Australian tour, Globe-trotter Dustin Thomas, Wards Xpress, and Singapore’s Raw Earth made up of a stellar line-up consisting of some of Singapore’s best Blues and Rock musicians.
Of course, you can’t forget about the stack of incredible bands and artists that have already been announced for next year’s annual gathering at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, including Kendrick Lamar, D’Angelo and The Vanguard, and Brian Wilson, just to name a few.
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Check out the Byron Bay Bluesfest 2016 lineup and all dates and ticketing details below.
Byron Bay lBluest 2016
Thursday, 24th March – Monday, 28th March 2016
Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm NSW
Tickets: Byron Bay Bluesfest
THE LATEST BLUESFEST 2016 ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDES:
MODEST MOUSE
GRAHAM NASH
KAMASI WASHINGTON
RICHARD CLAPTON
ELLE KING
ASH GRUNWALD
BLIND BOY PAXTON
DUSTIN THOMAS
WARDS XPRESS
RAW EARTH
2016 BLUESFEST ARTISTS ALREADY ANNOUNCED
KENDRICK LAMAR
BRIAN WILSON performs ‘PET SOUNDS’ and his Greatest Hits
TOM JONES • THE NATIONAL • D’ANGELO
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
UB40 feat. ALI CAMPBELL, ASTRO & MICKEY VIRTUE
JOE BONAMASSA • TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND
DON MCLEAN • JACKSON BROWNE • MELISSA ETHERIDGE
CITY AND COLOUR • THE DECEMBERISTS
THE ORIGINAL BLUES BROTHERS BAND
THE CAT EMPIRE • JASON ISBELL • TAJ MAHAL (SOLO)
TWEEDY • STURGILL SIMPSON • ARCHIE ROACH
STEVE EARLE AND THE DUKES • COLD WAR KIDS • HIATUS KAIYOTE
THE RESIDENTS present SHADOWLAND
RUSSELL MORRIS • JEFF MARTIN (THE TEA PARTY)
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA • THE WORD • TEX PERKINS & THE APE
GRACE POTTER • LORD HURON
VINTAGE TROUBLE • BLACKBERRY SMOKE
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS
NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE
SONGHOY BLUES • SHAKEY GRAVES • ALLEN STONE
ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES
LUKAS NELSON AND PROMISE OF THE REAL
THE SELECTER • RHIANNON GIDDENS
HOUNDMOUTH • FANTASTIC NEGRITO • CON BRIO
JANIVA MAGNESS • SHOOGLENIFTY • KALEO
MIKE LOVE • THE BROS. LANDRETH • KIM CHURCHILL
THE MASTERSONS • HUSSY HICKS • STEVE SMYTH • EAST JOURNEY
MOJO JUJU • PIERCE BROTHERS
LUCKY PETERSON • HARTS • EMDEE
THE WAILERS
BOOMERANG
DANCE – MUSIC – HEALING
TALK & IDEAS
